Clothes-washer.



'. W. B. OHISHAM.

CLOTHES WASHER.

APPLICATION IEILED SEPT. 27, 1913.

Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

Witnesses Attorneys COLUMBIA PLANUGRAPH CO..WASHINUTON, D C-.

WILLIAM R. CHISHAM, OF HANNIIBAL, MISSOURI.

CLOTHES-WASHER.

messes.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLXAM R. OI11S- HAM, a citizen of the United States, residlng at Hannibal, in the county of Marion and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Washer, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to clothes washers, particularly those of the rocking type, and aims to provide a novel and 1m proved clothes washer, the present lnvention being an improvement over the clothes washer disclosed in Patent No. -L77,64(6, issued June 28, 1892.

It is the object of the present invention to provide unique suction bars within the tube or receptacle, in order that when the same is rocked or oscillated, the wash water will be given a peculiar action, tending to cleanse the clothes by a sucking action, thus eliminating to a great extent, the usual rubbing action which is so injurious to the clothes.

With the foregoing general objects outlined, and with other objects in view, which will be apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the present invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it be ing understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of the clothes washer constructed in accordance with the longitudinal raised portion 5 providing the depressions 6 between the raised portion 5 and the sides. The tub is mounted upon rockers 7 of the type illustrated in the said patent, and which are secured to the outer Specification of Letters Patent. 7

Application filed September 27, 1913.

Patented Apr. 14, 19141.

Serial No. 792,143.

faces of the ends 1, one end of each rocker 7 extending into a. lever or arm 9 projecting above the top of the tub, in order that the upper ends of the levers 9 may be connected by a handle 10 for convenience in rocking or oscillating the tub. The top of the tub embodies two sections 11 secured between the ends 1 and adjoining the sides 3 to provide an opening leading to the interior of the tub/ Bars 12 are secured between the ends 1 of the tub below the inner edges of the sections or members 11, and form depending lips for preventing the water from splashing through the opening. Cleats 13 are secured to the ends of the tub directly below the bars 12, and upon the cleats 13 is seated the cover or lid 14:, which may be removed for the insertion or withdrawal of the clothes.

Coming to the present improvements, a bar 15 of triangular cross section has its base secured upon the raised portion or ridge 5 of the tub bottom, and extends be tween the ends 1, and a horizontal bar 16 is secured between the ends 1 and has its longitudinal median portion secured upon the ridge of the bar'15. The bar 16 is provided with a series of apertures 01' openings 17 along each edge, the edge portions of the bar 16 forming lips overhanging the sides of the bar 15, it. being noted that the sides of the bar 15 are inclined. In connection with the bars 15 and 16, bars 18 are secured upon the bottom of the tub adjoining the sides and between the ends, the bars 18 each being provided with a longitudinal series of transverse apertures or openings 19 parallel with the corresponding portion of the bottom. Bars 20 are also secured to the sides 3 above the bars 18, and between the ends 1, to facilitate the cleansing action.

In operation, after the wash water and clothes have been placed in the tub, it being preferable to have the level of the wash water to or slightly above the bar 16, the tub is rocked or oscillated so as to cause the wash water to move from one side of the tub to the other. As the tub is rocked sidewise, the wash water will rush from the side which is elevated against the bar 15 and will be thrown upwardly by the respective inclined face of the said barso as to rush through the respective apertures 17 and over the edge of the respective lip, to flow toward the other or depressed side of the tub, the water on the last mentioned side of the tub flowing away from the bars 15 and 16. As a result, the water and air will be sucked or drawn through the clothes to effect an efficient cleansing action, and the jets of water issuing from the respective apertures 17 will also assist in the cleansing action, so as to provide a double cleansing effect. The apertured bars 18 also provide secondary or supplemental sucking actions of the wash water, to facilitate cleansing action, which is also true of the bars 20. Thus, when the tub is rocked in one direction, the clothes engaging the bars 18, and the wash water passing through the clothes and the apertures of the said bars, will create a sucking action to assist in cleaning the clothes, it being noted that the clothes will be shaken between the bar 15 and the bars 18 and will be given a cleansing effect upon each oscillation or rocking movement of the tub. It will therefore be apparent, that as the tub is rocked, the wash water in being thrown from one side of the tub to the other, will effect a cleansing action without the necessity of a rubbing action upon the clothes, which would be injurious and detrimental to the clothes.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawing, it is believed that the advantages of the improvements will be ap-.

and a bar secured upon the aforesaid bar and overhanging the sides thereof, the last mentioned bar having apertures along its edges.

2. A clothes washer embodying arocking tub, the bottom of which has a central ridge, a bar having its median portion secured over the said ridge and having apertures along its edges, and bars secured upon the bottom of the tub at the sides of the said ridge, and having apertures therein parallel with the bottom.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

XVILLIAM R. OI-IISHAIVL \Vitnesses JOHN B. HERB, ROBERT M. CLArroN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

